Bodiam Castle
Dating back to the 14th century, Bodiam Castle is one of the oldest remains of a castle that remains intact. Starting in the possession of Edward III's knights Sir Edward Dalyngrigge, the castle passed hands many times through the Hundred Years of War, The War of the Roses, and the English Civil War eventually leaving it to decay for nearly two centuries from the 1640's-1820's and has been in a restoration process ever since. This castle is also one of the few that still has a moat.
Palace of Versailles
Kilchurn Castle
Built in the 15th century Kilchurn Castle belonged to Clan Campbell in Scotland. Over the next 150 years or so, the clan extended across the country and eventually abandoned the castle in 1770 leaving it to ruin until it was taken under the care of Historic Environment Scotland.
Palace of Holyroodhouse
Located in Edinburgh, the Holyrood Palace is still operational and acts as the official residence of the King or Queen of Scots. At the beginning of each summer Queen Elizabeth stays here to conduct business and ceremonies in Scotland. It is opposite Edinburgh Castle.
Anyone who has seen Monty Python and the Holy Grail will know why I saved this castle for the last one. Being built in the 13th century and being rebuilt about 100 years later, the castle was mainly used as a hunting lodge or widows house until it saw its first military action in mid-17th century. However, the most important thing ever done here was the filming of the movie I mentioned. Every castle scene in Monty Python except for the last one was filmed at this castle in Doune.
Thanks for reading this week's post! I'm still open to suggestions for future post ideas so feel free to comment if you have any.
Cheers!
Have you guys been to any castles or are there any that you'd like to visit?
Where's your favorite place you have visited?
Vancouver Island and San Juan
ReplyDeleteThat's really cool! I'd love to go back to Canada sometime and Puerto Rico is definitely on my bucket list.
Deletehi Isiah! One of my favorite places to visit is Canada, i've been their many times, and my favorite place i've been is definitely Mexico or Key west.
ReplyDeleteI've only been to Canada once for a few days but it was ver pretty where I was. I really want to go back and visit Banff National Park!
DeleteI would lke to visit the Holyroodhouse it looks nice
ReplyDeleteIt's really pretty! Unfortunately we weren't allowed to take pictures inside so I couldn't show more of it.
DeleteMy favorite place is in Seattle, it's a market place called Pike place.
ReplyDeleteI really like Pike Place market too! I have a friend who goes to school up there and I always make sure I go to the market when I visit him. There is also a really nice Russian pastry shop next to the first Starbucks.
DeleteHi Isiah!
ReplyDeleteI have not been a lot of places in my life. I've live in Oregon so of course I've been to Washington, not that exiting. And I've been to California, and I only went there to go to Disney Land which is not my favorite place. So this may or may not sound pathetic but my favorite place is probably Seattle. I love pikes place, the museum of pop culture and a amazing aquarium. I went there quite recently for a volleyball tournament.
-Cheyennne
Seattle is a really cool town Cheyenne! I really like going to the market and to a restaurant called Tacos Chukis. They make my favorite tacos in the Pacific Northwest! What position do you play in volleyball? I am really tall so I was always in the front row and I switched between center blocker and opposite (I'm left handed).
DeleteHey Isiah,
Deletelast year in volleyball I played blocker because I was tallest on my team, and honestly I was not that tall. Since last year I switched clubs and now I'm a left and extremely short.
That's cool Cheyenne! Are you in the back row then? My best friend always played libero.
DeleteMy favorite place that I have traveled to is Yellow Stone. Other than that the only other place that I've visited is LA, but I hated it there because it was super hot plus there was trash everywhere. When I'm older I really want to go to Europe, especially London, for the archatecture.
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I'm not a huge fan of LA but I've always taken that as a sign that I need to explore more of it. Yellow Stone is on my Bucket List though so I'm super jealous you got to go there! The architecture is very different in Europe. I'd recommend visiting Edinburgh because all the buildings in the Old Town are gorgeous and look very historic. Fun fact: there are also two cafes that J.K. Rowling frequented when writing Harry Potter in Edinburgh. I'll try to include more pictures of buildings in future posts!
DeleteMy favorite place I've visited is San Diego, CA. It's my favorite because I have family that lives there. This summer I'm traveling there.
ReplyDeleteSan Diego is a beautiful place! I am from central California so I'll drive and visit my friends who go to school there every once in a while and it seems like it is always beach weather when I go. Even the few times it has rained while I'm there, it was still warm.
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